Fed: More productive merinos needed amid concerns over wool

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: March 4, 2003 | Copyright information


AAP General News (Australia)

03-04-2003

Fed: More productive merinos needed amid concerns over wool

By Shane Wright

CANBERRA, March 4 AAP - Is the merino sheep the bludger of Australian livestock?

For almost 200 years, the Australian wool industry has ridden on the back of merino sheep.

But the head of Australian Wool Industries (AWI), Ian McLachlan, said today the merino
was just not up to the standard of other livest...

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